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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Pick up after

Hi.

Jane is always picking up after everybody.

What does the three-word verb exactly mean?

Thank you.
  

Top answer

This is mainly an AE expression meaning that she is always tidying up everybody's mess.

— Rover_KE

  • This is mainly an AE expression meaning that she is always tidying up everybody's mess.
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This is mainly an AE expression meaning that she is always tidying up everybody's mess.
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The basic idea is that she is picking up all the stuff that untidy people leave lying around.
She is the one who has to keep the place tidy.

Clive
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Thank you, Rover and Clive, for your useful replies.
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